The Evolution of Exudativory in Primates

by Burrows, Anne M.; Nash, Leanne T.

• ISBN13: 9781441966605
• ISBN10: 1441966609
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-02
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This volume covers aspects of primate exudativory, one of the least common dietary niches among primates. While all primates are generally omnivorous animals, most species, depending on body size, acquire the majority of their energy from fruit, leaves or insects and the majority of their protein from insects or leaves. However, some specialize their caloric intake around the acquisition, processing, and break-down of exudates, the saps and gums produced by trees in response to mechanical or insect damage. Compared to leaves, insects or fruits, these compounds have a unique combination of challenges to the dentition for acquisition and processing and to the gut for digestion. This volume brings together our current knowledge on the morphological, physiological, and evolutionary aspects of being a primate exudativore and to fit these into an evolutionary context. Included in this work are comparisons to marsupial exudates-feeders and the chemical characteristics of exudates.

Author Biography

Anne M. Burrows is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Duquesne University and a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh. She has worked on the functional and evolutionary morphology of the primate craniofacial complex with a focus on strepsirrhines. Leane T. Nash is a Professor of Anthropology in the School of Human Evolution and Social change at Arizona State University. She has worked extensively with captive Galago senegalensis, done fieldwork in Africa and Madagascar on baboons, galagos, and sportive lemurs and done work on captive chimpanzee behavior with the Primate Foundation of Arizona.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Advances and Remaining Sticky Issues in the Understanding of Exudativory in Primates	p. 1
Nutritional and Digestive Challenges to Being a Gum-Feeding Primate	p. 25
Exudativory in Primates: Interspecific Patterns	p. 45
The Ecology of Exudate Production and Exudate Feeding in Saguinus and Callimico	p. 89
Influences on Gum Feeding in Primates	p. 109
Gummivory in Cheirogaleids: Primitive Retention or Adaptation to Hypervariable Environments?	p. 123
Seasonality in Gum and Honeydew Feeding in Gray Mouse Lemurs	p. 141
Comparative Ecology of Exudate Feeding by Lorises (Nycticebus, Loris) and Pottos (Perodicticus, Arctocebus)	p. 155
Exudativory and Primate Skull Form	p. 169
A Comparative Analysis of the Articular Cartilage in the Temporomandibular Joint of Gouging and Nongouging New World Monkeys	p. 187
Searching for Dental Signals of Exudativory in Galagos	p. 211
A Guide to Galago Diversity: Getting a Grip on How Best to Chew Gum	p. 235
Tongue Morphology in Infant and Adult Bushbabies (Otolemur spp.)	p. 257
Adaptive Profile Versus Adaptive Specialization: Fossils and Gummivory in Early Primate Evolution	p. 273
Index	p. 297
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